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Golden Conure
Also Known As: Queen of Bavaria Conure, Golden Parakeet
Golden Conure perching and preening, Brazil
Credit: (c) Luiz Claudio Marigo | http://www.lcmarigo.com.br/ingles/index.htm
Species Profile
Genus:Guaruba
Species:
guarouba
| Size: | Adult Weight: |
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| 34 cm (13.3 in) | 270g (9.5 oz) |
Races including nominate:
one
Colourization Adult: Both adults plumage bright yellow, primary, secondary and outer upper wing coverts dark green; yellow tail. Bill horn in colour. Bare, pink/white eye ring, eye brown.
Colourization Juvenile: As in adults but with dark green on cheeks and ear coverts; yellow crown, nape and upperparts, marked with dark green; underparts yellow; breast lightly marked with dull green; uppertail dark green marked yellow. Bill pink. Pale grey, bare eye ring.
Call: Vibrant, high pitched note given singly or as many as 3-4 per second; during courtship a long strident note. Voice in general softer than Aratinga conures.
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Content Sources:
Busch Gardens/Sea World Adventure Camps http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/animal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuterostomes/chordata/craniata/aves/psittaciformes/golden-conure.htm
Sedgwick County Zoo website
CITES http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html
BirdLife International http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=9847&m=0
Internet Bird Collection http://www.hbw.com/ibc/
xeno-canto America http://www.xeno-canto.org/index.php
Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World, Juniper and Parr, 1998.
Parrots: Status Survey and Conservation Plan 2000-2004, Snyder, McGowan, Gilardi and Grajal, 2000.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw and Cooper, 1989.
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006.
Parrots in Aviculture, Low, 1992.
Psittacine Aviculture, Schubot, Clubb and Clubb, 1992.
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